Improved mop-head



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STILLMAN COOPER, OF ANTWERP, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED MOP-HEAD.

Specilicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 47,398, dated April 9.5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STILLMAN COOPER, of Antwerp, in the county of J ei'erson and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mop-Head; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will ena-ble others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in whichi Figure 1 is a side View of my invention, partly in section; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the saine, taken in the line x Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like p trts.

The object of this invention-is to obtain a mop head which will be simple in construction, capable of being manufactured at a small cost, and readily adjusted, so as to hold the yarn or cloth firmly in position, whether the same be in a thick or thin layer.

The main or lixed portion A of the mophead is composed of a rod bent so as to form three sides of a quadrangle, and its ends a a curved so as to abut snugly against the wooden handle, to which it is secured by bolts or screws. l

The outer side, b, of the part A forms one jaw of the mop-head, and the two other opposite sides, c c, are notched at their outer surfaces, as shown at cl d, to receive teeth e on the movable or adjustable jaw B, which is also formed of a bar bent so as to comprise three sides of a quadrangle, as shown clearly in Fig. l.

The two opposite sides, ff, of the jaw B are provided near their ends with pins g, which fit in oblong slots h in the outer surfaces of the sides c c of the jaw A, (see Fig. 1,) the teeth e being at the inner surfaces ot' the sides ff.

Thejaw B is held or retained in position by collars C C, which encompass the sides c c andff of the two jaws, and when thejaw l) is thus held the teeth e are in the notches d any ot' them--thc slots 7L admitting ot' a certain degree of adjustment ot the jaw B, so that the teeth c may be inserted in notches d nearer to or farther -from the outer ends ot' the sides c c, and a mop (yarn or cloth) of a greater or less thickness maybe secured lhetween the two jaws A B.

The jaw D is adjusted by shoving the col-` lars GO back on t-he sides ot' the xed portion or jaw A, as shown in red outline, and then turning thejaw in either direction at one side of A, as shown in red in Fig. 2.,

' This mop may be manufactured at a tritling cost, and it has no parts liable to get out of repair, springs, screws, and like appendages hitherto used being avoided. i

I claim aslnew and desire to secure by Letters Patentrl`he fixed or permanent jaw A, provided with oblon g slots h l1J and notches d d, in combination with the movable `or adjustableA jaw B, provided with pins g g and teeth e, and the siidin g collars C C, itted or placed on the sides c c j' f of the jaws, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

STI LLM ANI COOPER.

Witnesses:

JAMES WHITE, SYM/'ESTER GHAPIN. 

